SOLUTION: I need to find out how to find the length of a diagonal of a square. If I knew the length and width of the square. such a length=40 ft. and width=60 ft.

Question 198781: I need to find out how to find the length of a diagonal of a square.
If I knew the length and width of the square. such a length=40 ft. and width=60 ft.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The same way you find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with those length legs.
By the way, you don't have a square. A square has equal length sides. You have a rectangle.

John

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